6th European Pro Qualification 2021

By Tony Claasen | News | 21.10.2021 0:24

Brief impressions of the tournament in Leksand, accompanied by a short interview with Stanislaw Frejlak. 16 players played a KO (best of 3 in every round) to decide who would be the next European Professional go player. All games were played face to face in Leksand, and some have been… Read more...

A new platform for Go teachers and Go students

By Mateusz Surma | News | 20.10.2021 23:06

Announcement of a new platform for Go teachers and Go students: Polgote.com – The Marketplace of Online Go Lessons Go players are going to have their own equivalent of Airbnb and italki, i.e. The Marketplace of Online Go Lessons. “Our goal is to save time of teachers and students” –… Read more...

Saijo Sensei obituary

By Rob Kok | Uncategorized | 11.10.2021 14:37

Saijo Masataka, nine dan pro, one of the most inspiring and sympathetic persons I’ve ever met, passed away on August 6th. Anyone who has ever attended a European go congress and has met Saijo sensei will not soon forget him. Always willing to analyse games, from beginners to top players,… Read more...

Kovaleva and Surin, European Pair Go Champions for the Seventh Time

By Artem Kachanovskyi | Articles | 04.10.2021 20:58

A report on the European Pair Go Championship 2021 accompanied by an interview with Natalia Kovaleva 5d – one half of the championship pair. Read a complete article on the website of the European Go Journal: Kovaleva and Surin, European Pair Go Champions for the Seventh Time Read more...

European Go Journal: Progress Report and Announcement of Website

By Artem Kachanovskyi | News | 25.09.2021 21:31

European Go Journal highlights and website launch More than half a year has passed since the first issue of the European Go Journal was published and released in early March. The project has developed significantly since then. Let me share some highlights with you. The Journal caught the attention of… Read more...

2nd Fudan – Europe Online Go Festival Progress Report

By Stanisław Frejlak | International | 24.09.2021 22:42

2nd Fudan-Europe Online Go Festival Progress Report: the European team defeats the Shanghai team in the Youth Match; the Students Tournament is about to start. Last Sunday, on the 19th of September, a Youth Match between the team of Shanghai and the European team took place on the Yike Go Server. In… Read more...

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By Antoine Fenech | News | 22.09.2021 10:07

3 in a row for France, winning the European Team Championship for the third time. Et un, et deux, et trois… Having Fun Serious Business For the third time in a row, France won the European team championship.This season didn’t start that well for the title holdersm with a draw… Read more...

2nd Fudan – Europe Online Go Festival Starting Soon

By Stanisław Frejlak | International | 18.09.2021 21:51

Announcement of the second online go festival Fudan – Europe In August – September 2020, a competition between teams from Europe and from Shanghai Fudan University took place online. The tournament was held in a “win-and-continue” format which is often used in prestigious competitions such as the Nongshim Cup. In the first… Read more...

Dina Burdakova 5d Wins European Women’s Go Championship

By Artem Kachanovskyi | News | 11.09.2021 1:40

A brief report about the European Women’s Go Championship 2021 accompanied by an interview with the winner – Dina Burdakova 5d Interview translated from Russian by Artem Kachanovskyi This year the European Women’s Go Championship (EWGC) took place online from the 4th – 5th September. As was also the case… Read more...

Tesuji: a sample article from the European Go Journal

By Artem Kachanovskyi | Articles | 12.08.2021 7:54

A cunning tesuji played by Wu Yiming 2p and explained by Alexander Dinerchtein 3p; a sample taken from the World of Tesuji chapter of the European Go Journal. This sample article is taken from the April edition of the European Go Journal as just one example of the varied content… Read more...